No. Just no. This country is fine. It's her citizens that aren't. George Zimmerman was arrested for the crimes that he committed and was put on trial where a jury of his peers found him not guilty of all charges. That's the Justice System and it dose have flaws but he got his fair trail and now he has to face a whole new court. The peoples court. The court of the General Publics opinion of him as a person. So he did not "get off" with this heinous crime. He will have to live with the for the rest of his life. Do I agree with the out come? No. But the jury didn't agree with the evidence pointing at Mr. Zimmerman.

WAIT. Phaedra from RHOA is on HLN right now

And that's the major part of this story. Mess @ everyone here acting like they were present for what happened that night.

Stop trolling.

Exactly. You can't let your emotions get the best of you in situations like this. I personally think the jury made the right decision but that doesn't mean I don't find it absolutely saddening that Trayvon died. This whole thing never should have happened.

After George followed him with a concealed weapon for no real reason other than Trayvon looking "suspicious".

We can do this all night, if you want.

People on my news feed are defending this prick. Put him back on trial! He's a guilty f***er!

He isn't trolling. He just has a different opinion

Tensions are at an all-time high because to the racists in White America, they resent the PERCEIVED black advancement symbolized by the First Black Family and the fact that it coincides with the deteriorating middle-class economy. Historically, tensions always reach a fever pitch when the economy is down. There always has to be a scapegoat (s) and this is the scenario in any nation not just the U.S. In the mind of many racists, there is a ''war against white people'' and Obama is out to annihilate them. The knee-jerk creation of The Tea Party was not about taxes, liberty, or the bailout. It was about the preservation of white privilege. They even say ''they want to take their country back''.

you cant beat someone up just for following you though

Following Trayvon is against the law, smashing Zimmerman's head into the ground is.

Someone who worked for the police department in that city testified that neighborhood watchmen were not supposed to follow "suspects" so no he was not doing his job. He was trying to take the law into his own hands and he went too far.

@ FAMU in Flordia.

I don't think he's trolling. I don't agree with what he said, but everyone IS entitled to their own opinion. And it seems like people don't understand the concept of a different opinion here.

Oh, Bentley.

Thank you!

And If I receive warning points for sharing my opinions it will really go to show how unfair the moderating system is here.

Child I don't care what color you are doesn't make your comments in this thread justified. BYE

Cam we blame them though

PREACH

Playing devil's advocate here, but many legal experts were predicting this verdict. Here's one such article.

You have to understand that the burden of proof was on the prosecution. The jury did not have to believe Zimmerman's account of the story, they only had to have a reasonable doubt with regards to the prosecution's case that Zimmerman could not have been acting in self-defense. The jury could even believe (and probably did) that Zimmerman was racially profiling Martin when he was following him and still find reasonable doubt.

I think before people start charging the jury as racist, they should remember that the jury has very strict guidelines on how they must reach a verdict and what evidence they need to use. There have been many cases where jurors had a personal opinion that the defendant was guilty but voted not guilty because they had to look at the case in a judicial sense and found reasonable doubt.

At the end of the day, this was a very hard case for the prosecution to prove legally.

That's exactly what's going on. Two sides who think they were all present butting heads. Heating the fire is the racism. This is just a tragic situation all around. Very messy.

But if people are going to get injured with the riots, then that's dead to the bone hypocrisy. 100%. No one wins and no one will ever win until everyone gets along.